solar farm

State backs community solar plan to take Victoria town 100% renewable

Community-based plans to power the Victorian outback town of Natimuk with a 1.6MW solar garden have won state government funding.

August 12, 2019

Solar farm proposed for Fremantle rubbish dump nears construction

Long-held plans to install around 2MW of solar PV at the former South Fremantle tip have cleared their last major…

July 16, 2019

Green energy project racks up 50 solar farms in South Australia

A renewable energy project that started as a way to provide extra income for grape and citrus growers has built…

May 28, 2019

Byron Bay to host its first solar farm, a 5MW “community” facility

Plans for a 5MW community solar farm have been submitted to the Byron Shire Council, which aims to source 100%…

May 22, 2019

Queensland solar rule will blow out costs, cause months-long delays

Industry warns rule change requiring licensed electricians, only, to install solar panels on projects 100kW-plus, will have dire consequences for…

April 12, 2019

Barwon Water taps battery storage, boosts solar farm capacity to 3MW

Victorian utility is tripling the size of its flagship solar farm, and building a new solar and battery storage plant,…

April 8, 2019

3MW solar farm switched on at remote Queensland mine

South32's silver, lead and zinc mine in north-west Queensland will now be powered by gas and solar, after a 3MW…

December 20, 2018

Australia’s largest community solar farm approved for construction

SolarShare looks set to deliver Australia’s first megawatt-scale community-owned solar in Canberra's Majura Valley after its application for a feed-in…

December 13, 2018

Barwon Water completes 250kW solar project on Victoria's Surf Coast

Victorian regional utility switches on second major solar project for 2018 – a 250kW PV array built next to a…

December 12, 2018

Canberra Deep Space complex to go solar, as CSIRO launches tender

NASA-owned, CSIRO-operated Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex is looking to go solar, via a power purchase agreement and a purpose…

December 4, 2018